Finn's 370 - Drift build

oxymoron

Hi all, I wanted to share the progress of my recently acquired 370z as I hopefully turn it into a very reliable and capable drift car. There aren't many 370's being used for drifting yet, and most that are, have been ruined with a V8. This car will be VQ all the way.

I'm not new to drifting. I've been doing it for a few years now. Always just at a grassroots level for fun. We are really spoiled when it comes to drifting here. There are always events happening where the quality of cars is very high and everyone knows one another.

Being from Australia, S chassis cars are everywhere and cheap. My other drift cars have been sr20 powered. A 180sx and an s14. I just sold the S14 after getting to a point where it was extremely reliable and pretty much drove itself. Here's a couple of pics ...




I'm hoping I can get the 370 to be just as reliable and easy to drive as the 14. Although it will be down on power by a fair bit. But I'm hoping that will force me to drive harder.

Z's are pretty rare here, and still very expensive. The cheapest 2nd hand ones are around $30000 still. Since I didn't need the car to have registration however, I was able to buy one for $15000 that was written off in a hail storm. It was repaired and looks perfect, however thanks to some silly laws, it can't ever go on the road again.

I was even more lucky as the previous owner had decided to add a full Nismo kit to the car at some point. We don't even have the Nismo's here so it would've been quite expensive.

Here's how it was when I got it...


It's and 09 in Carbon Silver with 60000km (38000 miles). We don't have base and sport models here, just one model that comes fully loaded. Including GPS. I plan on keeping the full interior and air-conditioning as it is regularly 95 degrees or more at our local track.

I knew right away that I wanted to complete the Nismo look of the car. So I began hunting for the wheels and a wing. I found the wheels in Japan and had them shipped to me. Such a beautiful wheel!


To be continued...